UFC 156 takes place Feb. 2 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook.

Benavidez vs. McCall likely will be part of the PPV lineup or FX prelims.

Benavidez topped Yasuhiro Urushitani via crushing TKO in the first round of the four-man tournament back in March, and it marked his fourth consecutive win since a split-decision title loss to then-WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz in 2010. However, in a grueling tournament final at UFC 152, Benavidez suffered a split-decision defeat to Demetrious Johnson, who won the UFC’s inaugural flyweight title with the win.

The 28-year-old Team Alpha Male fighter has never been stopped in pro competition, and two of his three career losses now have via split decision in Zuffa title fights. Benavidez now looks to work his way toward another shot at the belt when he meets McCall, who fought Johnson to a draw and then a decision loss in the opening round of the tournament earlier this year.

Prior to the Johnson fights, McCall had won four consecutive fights and claimed Tachi Palace Fights’ flyweight title, which ranked him as one of the world’s top 125-pounder fighters. The Tachi stint came after a run in the WEC, where he suffered losses to Cruz and Charlie Valencia before rededicating himself to the sport.

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